Surname Zanco in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zanco families are mainly Italians (from Umag ), less frequently Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Zanco live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pula (<10), Umag (<5), and in Vizintini in Buzet area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zanco (including: Zancho , Zanzo ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Zanco " is used by some 3000 people in Brazil , about 1000 in Italy , and some 200 people in the United States. "Zanzo " is used by few people in the United States. "Zancho " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Denmark.

Characteristic first names

Diego Zanco, Valter Zanco, Stefania Zanco, Morena Zanco, Indira Zanco, Zdenka Zanco, Moira Zanco, Galliano Zanco, Ida Zanco, Giovanni Zanco, Dino Zanco, Mirela Zanco, Valentina Zanco, Natali Zanco, Norma Zanco, Albina Zanco, Giuseppe Zanco, Mario Zanco, Matteo Zanco

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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